Mariam Hazhir has been working as a Secondary Teacher for 10 years with Surrey School District. She obtained her degree at UBC in English and Microbiology, and shortly after obtained her Bachelor’s in Curriculum and Instruction at SFU and completed her PDP training. More recently, she completed her Master of Educational Leadership and Administration at Yorkville University. Her principles of making connections to land for learning and strengthening inter-generational relationships and knowledge is evident in her community work. Mariam was the Teacher Lead and Co-Curriculum Developer for FarsiDarBC. Mariam’s curriculum writing strategies and leadership resulted in Farsi being approved as a teachable second language within the province. Mariam’s work in PAC includes helping curate Biology lessons in Farsi for the M-learning audio platform podcast to combat the ban of education abasing young girls by the Taliban. Mariam’s success in her teaching practices has been featured on National Television numerous times such as CBC, The National, CTV and other media outlets. Mariam has been interviewed for CBC podcasts along with neuroscientists in her work as a Math Teacher combating student’s Math anxiety. Currently, Mariam works as the Indigenous Graduate Advocate for Surrey Schools and is the Indigenous Department Head: supporting Teachers at her school integrate Indigenous content into their pedagogies. She is passionate about women’s health and is leading a project in Afghanistan teaching young women about their anatomy, hormones, and menstrual cycles.